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In Act I scene iii, A proposal is devised by three mischievous witches, whom state future of stable Macbeth and loyal Banquo. Thus, Macbeth and Banquo are to decipher their fate, true to the witches word or otherwise false and misleading.
As the witches begin, they state, “(First Witch): All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of / Glamis! (Second Witch): All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of / Cawdor! (Third Witch): All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King / hereafter!” (Macbeth 1.3 48-50). The witches’ statements are confusing to Macbeth, as they tell his current state, a state to become, and a very unlikely state of becoming the King. Thus, a confused Macbeth does not know what is to come. The witches futuristic readings can be interpreted by the reader as confusing, misleading nonsense, accurate and exact readings of what’s to come, or whatever they state will come true weather fatal or intriguing.
Next, as the witches start with Banquo, they set on different motives, such as, “(First Witch): Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. (Second Witch): not so happy, yet much happier. (Third Witch): Thou shalt get kings, though thou be / none. / So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!” (Macbeth 1.3 65-69). Banquo’s readings are very different from Macbeth’s, as they interpret Banquo’s future as very simple and happy, but more importantly that his sons are to be kings. Likewise, Macbeth and Banquo’s readings are very intriguing and make them dream of new lives in which possibilities are endless.
Once the evil witches leave, Macbeth and Banquo discuss possibilities, as a lingering after effect starts to hit them. Finally, as the Thane of Cawdor is to be executed, Banquo addresses to Macbeth, “That, trusted home, / Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, / Besides the Thane of Cawdor. But ’tis strange: / And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / the instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray ’s / in deepest consequence”...